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Gender, Health, and Social Inequality

Gender, Health, and Social Inequality is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 4.7k research works in it since 1968. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of gender, race, migration, and social inequality, with a focus on feminist perspectives, health disparities, and the impact of colonialism. It addresses issues such as discrimination, family dynamics, and the challenges faced by marginalized communities. The papers also delve into the complexities of identity and power dynamics in various social contexts.

  • Intersectionality
  • Gender
  • Health
  • Migration
  • Social Inequality
  • Feminism
  • Race
  • Family
  • Colonialism
  • Discrimination
Research works
4.7k
fractional, since 1968
In the world top 10%
457
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+159%
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Which countries lead Gender, Health, and Social Inequality research?

By volume, Mexico and Spain publish the most (258 and 256 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico 258 works
  2. 2 Spain 256 works
  3. 3 Argentina 209 works
  4. 4 Colombia 204 works
  5. 5 Peru 145 works
  6. 6 Chile 88 works
  7. 7 Ecuador 72 works
  8. 8 United States 63 works
  9. 9 Brazil 35 works
  10. 10 Bolivia 18 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Mexico: 19.1%Spain: 19.0%Argentina: 15.5%Colombia: 15.1%6 others listed: 31.3%19%largest
Mexico258 · 19.1%Spain256 · 19.0%Argentina209 · 15.5%Colombia204 · 15.1%6 others listed422 · 31.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Gender, Health, and Social Inequality research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Gender, Health, and Social Inequality research, followed by Universidad de Buenos Aires and National University of San Marcos.

Where is Gender, Health, and Social Inequality research done?

The largest centres of Gender, Health, and Social Inequality research in 2022–2025 are Mexico City (Mexico), Lima (Peru), Bogotá (Colombia) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Córdoba, Lima and Medellín.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico City Mexico 93 works
  2. 2 Lima Peru 91 works
  3. 3 Bogotá Colombia 89 works
  4. 4 Buenos Aires Argentina 85 works
  5. 5 Madrid Spain 68 works
  6. 6 Santiago Chile 44 works
  7. 7 Medellín Colombia 36 works
  8. 8 Córdoba Argentina 29 works
  9. 9 Trujillo Peru 19 works
  10. 10 Quito Ecuador 18 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CórdobaAR · 28.8 works71×
  2. LimaPE · 90.8 works46×
  3. MedellínCO · 35.6 works41×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gender, Health, and Social Inequality than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Gender, Health, and Social Inequality?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad de Guadalajara and Universidad Nacional de La Plata score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%mean 11.09%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 42, 8.1%Universidad de Guadalajara: 12, 12.0%Universidad Nacional de La Plata: 16, 8.9%National University of San Marcos: 30, 11.0%Universidad de Antioquia: 17, 14.7%Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 10, 15.4%University of Chile: 10, 15.8%Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú: 13, 8.1%Universidad de Salamanca: 10, 8.6%Universidad de Granada: 14, 8.3%Universidad de Guada…National University …Universidad Nacional…Universidad Nacional…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 50.88.1%30.2×42 +128.5%
2 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 46.812.0%28.6×12 +273.9%
3 Universidad Nacional de La PlataArgentina 46.28.9%56.6×16 +368.7%
4 National University of San MarcosPeru 45.511.0%85.4×30 +82.4%
5 Universidad de AntioquiaColombia 43.814.7%48.6×17 +9.1%
6 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 43.415.4%20.3×10 +62.7%
7 University of ChileChile 42.315.8%20.0×10 +10.0%
8 Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúPeru 41.98.1%60.5×13 +221.0%
9 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 40.18.6%21.8×10 +469.0%
10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 39.98.3%18.3×14 +118.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Gender, Health, and Social Inequality research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 159% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Gender, Health, and Social Inequality.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.